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The Illinois State Board of Education released an interactive report showing how teacher preparation programs across the state are performing. The...
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A suburban Chicago school teacher is asking the Illinois Supreme Court to agree she can use her paid sick days for maternity leave. The catch? Her baby...
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In the Farrington school district, near Mount Vernon, a new teacher makes less than $29,000 — even with a master’s degree. Farrington is one of the...
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Last week I spent four days in Philadelphia at the Society for Applied Anthropology meetings. I must admit, that while I don't normally lack…
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Jim Melvin is finally fulfilling a lifelong dream. He's a rookie in the classroom but a seasoned veteran at real life. At age 59, he's in his first full…
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When we moved to Macomb 5½ years ago, Jack was getting ready to start kindergarten and Lucy wasn't even walking yet. Now, I have a child at Edison and a…
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Time magazine recently had a cover story bashing teachers that was not just one-sided, but as misleading as less-respected voices on talk radio and cable…
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A lot of attention is understandably being paid to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent “Harris v. Quinn” ruling.It eliminated agency-fee arrangements for…
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Illinois faces a teacher problem - not from having too few, but too many.A new report shows that during the 2010 school year, nearly 10,000 Illinois…